Marriage Foods

The Ukrainian wedding bread is so beautiful, it's displayed near the altar.

By the 21st century, one lone woman held the recipe for what might have been da Vinci’s cheese of choice.

In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.

Meet Sweden's savory “sandwich cake.”

Typically reserved for special occasions, the massive meal can be bought for a hefty sum at restaurants in Qatar.

This ultra-thin blue corn delicacy is traditionally eaten at Hopi weddings.

Duck blood makes this Polish soup extra rich.

This crisp, sour Kenyan brew is made by fermenting the “sausage” fruit.

This camel jerky is a lifeline for Somali nomads during times of drought.

Making this sausage of meat, tripe, and blood is its own festive occasion in Kenya.

This French wedding cake is a caramel-wrapped tower of pastry balls.

Tiết canh is a sour, cool, and gelatinous breakfast.

These dark fried milk balls are flecked with gold and dipped in scented syrup.

This Moroccan butter ferments underground for years and smells like blue cheese.

Only the happiest married couples can win this huge piece of bacon.

It takes only two hours for palm sap to become palm wine.